Chopped herb & pomegranate salad

Chopped herb & pomegranate salad

By Cassie Best
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Prep: 15 mins No cook

Easy

Serves 4
A deep green side salad of parsley, dill and mint scattered with sweet fruit and crunchy cucumber

Nutrition and extra info

  • Healthy
  • Gluten-free
  • Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal87
  • fat3g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs10g
  • sugars10g
  • fibre2g
  • protein2g
  • salt0g
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Ingredients

  • juice and zest 1 lemon
    Lemon

    Lemon

    le-mon

    Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…

  • 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
    olive oil

    Olive oil

    ol-iv oyl

    Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

  • 1 tsp sugar
    Sugar

    Sugar

    shuh-ga

    Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…

  • 2 Mediterranean cucumber (or 1 regular), deseeded and finely chopped
  • 2 large tomatoes, deseeded and finely chopped
    Tomato

    Tomato

    toe-mart-oh

    A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…

  • 110g tub pomegranate seeds (or seeds from 1 pomegranate)
    Pomegranate

    Pomegranate

    pom-ee-gran-at

    Now mainly grown in America, Spain, the Middle East and India, pomegranates originated in the…

  • small bunch parsley, chopped
    Parsley

    Parsley

    par-slee

    One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…

  • small bunch dill, chopped
  • small bunch mint, all chopped
    Mint

    Mint

    mi-nt

    There are several types of mint, each with its own subtle difference in flavour and appearance.…

Method

  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the lemon zest and juice, pomegranate molasses, olive oil, sugar and some seasoning.

  2. Add cucumbers, tomatoes, deseeded and finely chopped, pomegranate seeds and parsley, dill and mint. Toss everything together and serve.

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shinobidef
27th Oct, 2014
5.05
Very nice. Served with Turkish dumplings
annhewitt
30th Nov, 2013
5.05
I make this all the time. Great flavours and the pomegranate gives it a crunchy texture.
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